Our readingWhat is a korrent?
How big a government you want determines necessary tax rates, but any such system depends on people actually paying their taxes.
Drawn from what Josh Barro said
What these subjects mean
government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.
fiscal policy The spending-and-taxing half of macro, as against the central-bank half: multipliers, stabilisers, stimulus.